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Friday, July 5, 2013

Ok,
the theme for this party is The Match Game.
I based it off of the 1970's TV Game Show and it turned out to be one of
my absolute favorite parties! We had so
much fun at this party that I almost want to do it again but, I'm not sure if I
could top the original party. It was crazy good!

Atmosphere:

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set up 6 chairs (for the "panel") against a wall so you can see
everyone.

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set up 2 chairs - for the contestants - somewhere facing the "panel"

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and then 1 other chair for the "host" if they choose to sit

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you'll also need some sort of score board - I used a large write on wipe off
board

Food
& Drinks:

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this is easy - anything you want!

Game:

* you need at least 9 people for this game...
8 for sure.

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you need 6 people on the panel (you can have more if you like... but, if you're
like our group more than that could get chaotic)

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you need two people as your contestants (I rotated people in and out from
"panel" to contestant)

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you also need one person to be the host - to read the questions and keep the
game moving along (it doesn't take long in this game to get people off
track). ~ * I always choose to be the hostess, it's
just easier and since I'm the one writing the questions I already have possible
answers in my head and trust me... most of them aren't crowd
"approved" (my dirty little mind can't help itself...I blame my
mother for this).

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So, anyway the game is simple... it goes like this:

Let
your first contestant pick which question they want - either A or B (you'll
have two stacks of cards/questions) **if contestant one picks B...contestant
two gets A.

The
host(ess) asks a question to a contestant and the panel, they write their answer down on paper (I used
large note cards & black sharpie markers)

Once
everyone has written down their answer...ask the contestant what their answer
to the question was. (I always re-read
the question just for fun).

Once
they've shown their answer start at the first person on your panel and get
their answer, once you've gotten their answer continue on to the next person
and so on and so forth.

For
every answer (from the panel) that matches the contestant, that contestant gets
a point.

After
all points have been added up move on to the next question and the next
contestant.

First
contestant to reach 20 points wins that round.

After
you find a winner you can now rotate two new contestants in and rotate the
previous contestants to the "panel"

After
everyone gets a chance to be a contestant you could start pitting the winners
against each other to see how they do.
That is, if you still have questions left!

*Must-have
suggestion* ~ download the theme music for The Match Game ~ play the music
while they are writing their answers down.

The
Questions:

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I actually went online and looked up the original TV show The Match Game. I went through a bunch of old episodes (You
Tube is great for this) and pulled out as many questions as I could. I tried to pick the ones that I thought would
generate some funny answers and wrote those down on note cards.

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Do two stacks of cards, label them A & B.
You should have 2 questions for each "round" (after each
contestant answers a question that's one round)

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I had about 10 questions per guest. This
seems like a lot when you're talking 10+ people... but, if you do your homework
and get some funny questions, you should have enough so that everyone can play,
which will make for a better party!
Promise!

Sample
Questions: (yes, I actually used these)

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The big bad wolf went to grandmothers house for lunch...when he returned home
he said "That lady had the biggest
pair of **blanks** I've ever seen!"

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Mary never wears a **blank**

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Every girl needs a least one **blank**

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John said, "I haven't had a **blank** in a month!"

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Eric drove by Sally's house and happened to see her through her open
window. He couldn't believe he saw her
doing **blank**!

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I saw Simon today and he had the biggest **blank** on his shirt I've ever seen!

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OK...that's only a few of the ones I used.
When writing your questions, add names of the people who are at your
party to the names of the people in the questions. It makes it more personal and a whole lot
more fun sometimes, too!

If
you need more questions, shoot me an email and I'll see what I can come up with
for you. However, make sure to specify
if you want "clean" or "dirty" questions!